Word: staidness
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Wright's answer is a simple "yes." His book cannot outline a program which has not yet been conceived. But of all speeches and writings in this area, it comes closet to setting the tone and parameters within which such a program might be created. The most staid of the Black Power advocates. Floyd McKissick, and Wright are in some sense transitional men. They articulate grievances and point the way for change. They seek to mobilize the resources of the entire Negro community, impossible as it may seem, in a first plunge into group politics and economic activity--a plunge...
...more or less interested in sex than most other peoples in an increasingly permissive age, but they certainly express that interest more openly and flamboyantly. The subject seems to be on everyone's mind. Newspapers and magazines constantly frontpage details of the most lurid activities. The once-staid BBC last summer showed a boy and girl in bed together discussing their sexual history. British newspapers use four-letter words and explicit language that would surprise readers of mass-circulation papers on the Continent or the U.S. Their classified-ad pages frequently serve as arenas for the commerce...
What also makes the picture rather staid is that the dastardly plan works perfectly. Equipment doesn't go on the blink, nobody misses connections, thievery's too easy. A little fumbling and a little suspense would have made the situation more of a laff-riot. Even punchlines are terribly understated. It's as though the writer-director didn't intend us to die laughing: that's not refined...
...game's white-flanneled old guard could not have been more startled if the Supreme Court had suddenly decided to allow Wheaties to call itself the "Break fast of Justices." To raise money for the cause of amateur tennis, the staid, 86-year-old United States Lawn Tennis Association signed a promotional deal with Manhattan's Licensing Corp. of America, a six-year-old merchandising whiz-bang best known for following up fads with floods of such items as 007 trench coats and after-shave lotion, Batman T shirts, Batpuppets and Batguns...
Although the Lampoon has made it up to the decent mark, it is useless to pretend that it is much of a provocative humor magazine. Like all Lampoonsthis issue has a few strong points, but the magazine needs more visual pep-cartoons, maybe photographs-and a less staid layout. But basically, what the 'Poon needs is more talent to widen the nucleus of good writers which has kept a spark of life in this year's issues...